History[edit]

Nineteenth-century French occultist Alexandre Saint-Yves

d'Alveydre published the first "reliable" account of Agartha in
Europe.[4] According to him, the secret world of "Agartha" and all of
its wisdom and wealth "will be accessible for all mankind, when
Christianity lives up to the commandments which were once drafted
by Moses and God", meaning "When the Anarchy which exists in
our world is replaced by the Synarchy." Saint-Yves gives a lively
description of "Agartha" in this book as if it were a place which really
exists, situated in the Himalayas in Tibet. Saint-Yves' version of the
history of "Agartha" is based upon "revealed" information, meaning
received by Saint-Yves himself through "attunement".[citation needed]
The explorer Ferdynand Ossendowski wrote a book in 1922
titled Beasts, Men and Gods. In the book, Ossendowski tells of a
story which was imparted to him concerning a subterranean
kingdom which exists inside the Earth. This kingdom was known to
the Buddhists as Agharti.[5]

Connections to mythology[edit]
Agartha is frequently associated or confused
with Shambhala,[6] which figures prominently in Vajrayana Buddhism
and Tibetan Kalachakra teachings and revived in the West
by Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society. Theosophists
in particular regard Agarthi as a vast complex of caves
underneath Tibet inhabited by evil demons,
called asuras. Helena andNicholas Roerich, whose teachings
closely parallel theosophy, see Shambhala's existence as both
spiritual and physical.[7]

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ Ossendowski, Ferdinand; Palen, Lewis Stanton

(2003), Beasts, Men and Gods, Kessinger Publishing,
p. 118, ISBN 978-0-7661-5765-1
2. Jump up^ Eco, Umberto (5 August 2006). "Commentary: Spheres of
influence". The Observer.
3. Jump up^ Tamas, Mircea Alexandru (2003), Agarttha, the invisible
center, Rose-Cross Books, ISBN 978-0-9731191-1-4
4. Jump up^ Guenon, Rene (1958), Le Roi du Monde, Gallimard
5. Jump up^ Ferdynand Ossendowski (1922). Beasts, Men and Gods.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company.
6. Jump up^ Greer, John Michael (2003), The New Encyclopedia of the
Occult, Llewellyn Publications, ISBN 1-56718-336-0
7. Jump up^ File:"About Shambala" N.Roerich.ogg